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John Bowring (1792-1872)

Writer:

John Bowring

Dates:

1792 - 1872 ( 79 Years )

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TITLE/First Line/Refrain	SONGWRITERS	DATES	METER	VERSES
Blessed blessed are the dead In the Lord	John Bowring		7 5 7 5	2
Clay to clay and dust to dust Let them	John Bowring		7 7 7 7	5
Come the rich and come the poor	John Bowring		.	None
Drop the limpid waters now	John Bowring		.	None
Earth's transitory things decay	John Bowring		.	None
Father and Friend Thy light Thy love	John Bowring	1825	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
Father glorify Thy Name Whatsoever our	John Bowring		7 7 7 7 7	3
Father of spirits humbly bent before The	John Bowring		.	2
Father thy paternal care Has my guardian been my	John Bowring		7 7 7 7 D	3
From all evil all temptation	John Bowring		.	None
From the recesses of a lowly spirit Our	John Bowring		11 11 11 5	5
Gather up O earth thy dead	John Bowring		.	None
Gently the shades of night descend	John Bowring		.	None
GLORYING IN THE CROSS	John Bowring	1825	8 7 8 7	5
God is love His mercy brightens All the path in	John Bowring	1825	8 7 8 7	5
GOD IS WISDOM GOD IS LOVE	John Bowring	1825	8 7 8 7	5
He was there alone when even Had round	John Bowring		8 7 8 5	3
How dark how desolate	John Bowring		.	None
How shall we praise Thee Lord of light	John Bowring		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound From lips of	John Bowring	1823	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5

In the cross of Christ I glory Towering o’er the	John Bowring	1825	8 7 8 7	5
In Thy courts let peace be found Be Thy	John Bowring		7 7 7 7	4
Lead us with Thy gentle way As a willing	John Bowring		7 7 7 7 7 7	2
Lord in heaven Thy dwelling place Hear	John Bowring		7 7 7 7 D	2
MY GUARDIAN AND MY GUIDE	John Bowring		7 7 7 7 D	3
O let my trembling soul be still While	John Bowring		8 8 8 8 8 8	3
O sweet It Is to feel and know	John Bowring		.	None
On the dust I'm doomed to sleep	John Bowring		.	None
Reviving sleep thy sheltering wing Is	John Bowring		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
The heavenly spheres to Thee O God	John Bowring		8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)	4
The offerings to thy throne which rise	John Bowring		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
THE TEACHING OF JESUS	John Bowring	1823	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
Thy will be done In devious way The	John Bowring		8 8 8 4	3
Tis not the gift but tis the spirit With	John Bowring		9 4 9 4	5
Upon the Gospel's sacred page	John Bowring		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
Watchman tell us of the night What its	John Bowring	1873	7 7 7 7 T	3
Watchman tell us of the night What its signs of	John Bowring	1825	7 7 7 7	6
WATCHMAN WHAT OF THE NIGHT	John Bowring	1825	7 7 7 7	6
We cannot always trace the way Where	John Bowring		8 8 8 4	4
When before Thy throne we kneel Filled	John Bowring		7 7 7 7	4

Where Is Thy sting O death	John Bowring		6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	3

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